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Galileo Spacecraft

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Components

Galileo spacecraft had two major components;

The orbiter further had two parts;

  • a non-spinning section, which housed cameras and other remote sensors;
  • the main spinning section that contained all the fields and particles instruments. These instruments could sense and measure the environment directly as the spacecraft flew through it.

Parts of the Spacecraft

Spacecraft Instruments


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